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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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